Genres: Jazz

Question 1

When was big band and swing jazz?

Answer 1

1930’s and 40’s

Question 2

Give three instrumentation points for big band and swing jazz

Answer 2

Female and male vocals
Acuostic/double bass
Piano

Question 3

Give three influenes for big band and swing jazz

Answer 3

Ragtime
Blues
New Orleans jazz

Question 4

Give a main artist for big band and swing jazz and one of their songs

Answer 4

Billie Holiday: Summertime

Question 5

Describe stride piano

Answer 5

Piano style using alternating bass notes and chords in the left hand to create the pulse, with melodic interpretation in the right hand.

Question 6

Describe the boogie woogie style of piano

Answer 6

Left hand playing heavily swung quaver patterns alternating between a walking scalic pattern on the beats and octave root notes on the off beats. RH plays melodies.

Question 7

Give the dates for gypsy jazz

Answer 7

1930’s to 50’s

Question 8

Give three instrumentation points for gypsy jazz

Answer 8

Acoustic steel guitars
Double bases
Violin

Question 9

Give one main artist for gypsy jazz and their song

Answer 9

Django Reinhart and his Quintette du Hoot Club De France: Minor Swing

Question 10

Give the date of bebop jazz

Answer 10

1940’s to 1950’s

Question 11

Give the date of cool jazz

Answer 11

1940’s to 1960’s

Question 12

Give the date of free jazz

Answer 12

1950’s 1960’s

Question 13

Give the instrumentation of bebop, cool and free jazz

Answer 13

Small combos, normally instrumental with no vocals.

Question 14

Give an artist of bebop

Answer 14

Dizzy Gillespie

Question 15

Give an artist of cool jazz

Answer 15

Dave Brubeck

Question 16

Give an artist of free jazz

Answer 16

Sun Ra

Question 17

Describe free jazz

Answer 17

Free jazz was hard to listen to, with lots of inprovsation

Question 18

Give three points about the technology and production in the jazz era

Answer 18

1) Much better quality from 1950’s
2) Use of tape decks and improvement in microphone and amps/mixing desks
3) Little use of multitrack and live ensemble performances

Question 19

Give 2 points to describe latin jazz

Answer 19

1) 1960’s - American players collaborated with Latin American musicians
2) Purcussion parts influenced by bossa nova

Question 20

Give one jazz fusion band

Answer 20

Snarky Puppy

Question 21

Give the dates of the origins of blues

Answer 21

Late 1800’s/early 1900’s

Question 22

Give two influences of blues music

Answer 22

1) Ragtime

2) African-American work songs

Question 23

Give the instrumentation of blues music

Answer 23

Early acoustic blues: Vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, harmonica

Electric blues: Usually male vocals, electric guitar, bass, drums, harmonica

Question 24

Describe blues quickly

Answer 24

Melancholy lyrics, from the working class community in America, migration into cities…

Question 25

Give one early acoustic blues player and one of their songs

Answer 25

Big Joe Williams: Baby, please don’t go

Question 26

Give one electric blues player and one of their songs

Answer 26

Muddy Waters: Hoochie Coochie Man

Question 27

Blues players developed the __________

Answer 27

Blues players developed the soud of the overdriven guitar

Question 28

Give three independant 1950’s record companies

Answer 28

1) Sun Studio
2) Chess records
3) Atlantic records

Question 29

Give two facts about sun studio

Answer 29

1) Set up in 1950 in Memphis
2) Run by Sam Phillips who is particulary associated with the use of slapback tape delay as part of the rock’n’roll sound

Question 30

Give two facts about Atlantic Records

Answer 30

1) Based in New York and well known for jazz recordings

2) An important label for soul in the 1960’s

Question 31

Give the dates of rhythm and blues music

Answer 31

1950’s to 1960’s

Question 32

Give the influences of rhythm and blues music

Answer 32

1) Blues
2) Boogie-woogie
3) Doo-wop
4) Gospel

Question 33

Give the instrumentation of rhythm and blues music

Answer 33

Mixed gender vocals
Horn sections
Drums and piano etc…

Question 34

Give one famous rhythm and blues song

Answer 34

Chain gang

Question 35

Give a key fact about rhythm and blues

Answer 35

The loose term was used to replace ‘race music’ in the 1940’s and 1950’s.

Question 36

Give the dates of Rock’n’roll

Answer 36

1950’s and early 1960’s

Question 37

Give the influences of rock’n’roll

Answer 37

Country
Blues
Gospel

Question 38

Give 3 instrumentation points about rock’n’roll

Answer 38

1) Small ensembles
2) Predominantly male vocals
3) Electric guitar and double/electric bass